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Sub-district, and 32 from St. John's; 18 being sent
to Highgate, 8 to Stockwell, 23 to Deptford, 54 to
Fulham, and 20 to the Paddington Workhouse
Infirmary. Two of the inmates in the Workhouse
also suffered from the disease. One case from St.
Mary's Sub-district was sent without the knowledge
of the Inspectors to Middlesex Hospital. As I have
previously stated, the endeavour of the Inspectors is
on all occasions to get every case of small-pox or
scarlet fever removed with as little delay as possible
to one or other of the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, or to the Small-pox and Vaccination
Hospital at Highgate, or to the London Fever
Hospital.
Measles.
Measles caused in London 2,553 deaths, giving
a rate of 0.66 per 1,000; the average in the previous
ten years having been 0.51. In Paddington
there were 20 deaths, all of which occurred in St.
Mary's Sub-district, giving a death-rate of 0.19 per
1,000 inhabitants :18 were of children under 5 years
of age. The greater mortality of the previous year
is perhaps the explanation of the diminished mortality
in 1881.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet fever caused in London 2,108 deaths,
giving a rate of 0.55 per 1,000 persons living, the